Mildew and mites: the fight of the cucumber

by K.L. and E.S.

Cucumber plant grown in a greenhouse, affected by mildew and treated with Sulphur 200C and then Thuja 200C.

After the plant became weak, stopped growing, and developed very discoloured
yellow-green leaves, I started homeopathic treatment as below. My experience up
to this point with cucumber plants was as follows: the affected leaves quickly
became completely yellow with perforations, then brown and limp, and then the
entire plant collapsed.

Initially, I applied Sulphur200C twice with an
interval of four days. I used four granules dissolved in 5 litres of water and watered
the plants and the roots with this solution.

Seven days later, the plant was already looking
very good. I then administered Thuja 200C, applied in the same way as
above.

The plant continued to recover well and was
now producing flowers again and lovely fruit!
In terms of growth, it has more or less caught up with the other plants. Even the affected leaves all gradually recovered their green
colour and remained healthy.

Now, there
is hardly any difference in the greenhouse and the yield is the same as the
other plants!

For me personally, it was a great pleasure to see such a successful treatment,
thanks to your plant homeopathy!

K.L., Mohlsdorf, Germany

Photos: Author

Ms S. had six cucumbers in her greenhouse this year. She planted them at
the end of April after starting them in pots beforehand. By May, she already
had her first cucumbers. As every year, they developed well until June, when they
were affected by spider mites.

On the underside of the leaves, fine webs with the tiny spider mites
could be seen.

The affected leaves had yellow spots, caused by the sucking action of
the pests, which later became larger, until finally the entire leaf dried out
and turned brown.

In previous years, Ms S. had used beneficial organisms (green
lacewings). This somewhat reduced the infestation but without completely
eliminating it.

This year, Ms S. treated the cucumbers with a mixture of Petroleum 30C and Psorinum 200C,
which she applied to the plants every four to five days, watering and spraying
a total of three applications.

The spider mite infestation improved a little but then returned strongly
again. At this stage, the cucumber plants looked distinctly unwell.

At the beginning of August, she tried Amblyseius 6D, which is a
homeopathic preparation from Gamasina mites.

She removed the old affected leaves and watered the cucumbers twice per
week with 10 ml of remedy solution in 10 litres of water.

To her astonishment, the cucumbers developed new shoots, with healthy
leaves and fruit, right through to the end of September – completely free of
spider mites.